diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
index 6bbf80944a7..fa9bfd38a23 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
@@ -7196,7 +7196,10 @@ QueryProcessingStage::Enum MergeTreeData::getQueryProcessingStage(
     if (query_context->canUseParallelReplicasOnInitiator() && to_stage >= QueryProcessingStage::WithMergeableState)
     {
         if (!canUseParallelReplicasBasedOnPKAnalysis(query_context, storage_snapshot, query_info))
+        {
+            query_info.parallel_replicas_disabled = true;
             return QueryProcessingStage::Enum::FetchColumns;
+        }
 
         /// ReplicatedMergeTree
         if (supportsReplication())
diff --git a/src/Storages/SelectQueryInfo.h b/src/Storages/SelectQueryInfo.h
index 8fbc64b7a24..13d6909fd52 100644
--- a/src/Storages/SelectQueryInfo.h
+++ b/src/Storages/SelectQueryInfo.h
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ struct SelectQueryInfo
     Block minmax_count_projection_block;
     MergeTreeDataSelectAnalysisResultPtr merge_tree_select_result_ptr;
 
+    bool parallel_replicas_disabled = false;
+
     bool is_parameterized_view = false;
     NameToNameMap parameterized_view_values;
 
diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageMergeTree.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageMergeTree.cpp
index 20c44946603..4653d81594f 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageMergeTree.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageMergeTree.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ void StorageMergeTree::read(
     size_t max_block_size,
     size_t num_streams)
 {
-    if (local_context->canUseParallelReplicasOnInitiator() && local_context->getSettingsRef().parallel_replicas_for_non_replicated_merge_tree)
+    if (!query_info.parallel_replicas_disabled &&
+        local_context->canUseParallelReplicasOnInitiator() &&
+        local_context->getSettingsRef().parallel_replicas_for_non_replicated_merge_tree)
     {
         auto table_id = getStorageID();
 
@@ -240,7 +242,10 @@ void StorageMergeTree::read(
     }
     else
     {
-        const bool enable_parallel_reading = local_context->canUseParallelReplicasOnFollower() && local_context->getSettingsRef().parallel_replicas_for_non_replicated_merge_tree;
+        const bool enable_parallel_reading =
+            !query_info.parallel_replicas_disabled &&
+            local_context->canUseParallelReplicasOnFollower() &&
+            local_context->getSettingsRef().parallel_replicas_for_non_replicated_merge_tree;
 
         if (auto plan = reader.read(
             column_names, storage_snapshot, query_info,
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02811_parallel_replicas_prewhere_count.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02811_parallel_replicas_prewhere_count.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe8f022b908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02811_parallel_replicas_prewhere_count.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- count() ------------------------------
+2
+-- count() with parallel replicas -------
+2
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02811_parallel_replicas_prewhere_count.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02811_parallel_replicas_prewhere_count.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..141ae947e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02811_parallel_replicas_prewhere_count.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users;
+CREATE TABLE users (uid Int16, name String, age Int16) ENGINE=MergeTree() ORDER BY uid;
+
+INSERT INTO users VALUES (111, 'JFK', 33);
+INSERT INTO users VALUES (6666, 'KLM', 48);
+INSERT INTO users VALUES (88888, 'AMS', 50);
+
+SELECT '-- count() ------------------------------';
+SELECT count() FROM users PREWHERE uid > 2000;
+
+-- enable parallel replicas but with high granules threshold
+SET
+skip_unavailable_shards=1,
+allow_experimental_parallel_reading_from_replicas=1,
+max_parallel_replicas=3,
+use_hedged_requests=0,
+cluster_for_parallel_replicas='parallel_replicas',
+parallel_replicas_for_non_replicated_merge_tree=1,
+parallel_replicas_min_number_of_granules_to_enable=1000;
+
+SELECT '-- count() with parallel replicas -------';
+SELECT count() FROM users PREWHERE uid > 2000;
+
+DROP TABLE users;